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Courage and color at FACC’s cancer fundraiser
By Cristina DC Pastor It was in 2002 that cancer may have made itself known to journalist Josie Moralidad Ziman, a new immigrant in the Washington D.C. area. “I developed an abscess infection in my left breast,” she recalled. “I didn’t have an insurance at that time. One doctor in Maryland was kind enough to […]
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Free vaccines on Feb 12th usher in Year of the Rabbit
With vaccines and treatments, we’ve come a long way in preventing the worst outcomes from COVID-19. But older adults remain among the most at risk. As we gather together to celebrate Lunar New Year, there are many tools that older adults — and anyone — can use to help protect against a severe COVID infection. […]
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Holiday food drive helps families in Pangasinan
Community organization Frenz4hope held a special holiday food drive benefiting 100 indigent families in Portic district (barangay) in the municipality of Bugallon, Pangasinan on December 24. This special holiday program was sponsored by Roberto Villanueva, a dance artist and educator in New York and a spinal cord tumor survivor. Food assistance was given to indigent […]
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The community is missing an Angel (Ram)
By Cristina DC Pastor In case you’re missing the gravelly singing style of Angel Ram, one of the community’s frequently-invited musical performers, it may take a while to see her back on stage. She’s been in a hospital since July undergoing one medical procedure after another, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser organized by her friend […]
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Connie Uy & Natalie Uy: The only mother-daughter pediatric nephrologists in the U.S.
By Cristina DC Pastor In New Jersey, there are only 11 doctors who specialize in the rare medical practice of Pediatric Nephrology, or the care of children with kidney disease. Mother-and-daughter doctors Connie Uy, MD, 78, and Natalie Uy, MD, 44, belong to this near-exalted circle. As Connie was preparing for her retirement as a […]
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Statistics is my dance
By Eric J. Daza I failed or almost failed out of a few core STEM courses in my biology undergrad — including calculus. I barely passed my core major GPA requirement to graduate, and scored a middling overall GPA. Today, I hold a doctorate in biostatistics from a top public health school, and completed a […]
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Youngest community leader takes the reins of decades-old Santacruzan tradition
By Cristina DC Pastor At the fragile age of 20, Federico ‘Freddy’ Burke became the executive chairman of the Santacruzan Festival, continuing a 44-year tradition started by the elders of Jersey City and the friends of his parents. “I volunteered to become the executive chairman of the Santacruzan and Flores de Mayo of Manila Avenue […]
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The future looks bright for these all-American Pinays
Scholars. Athletes. Artists. Whether in academia, athletics, or the arts, this future generation of Filipina Americans are ever to excel. These five amazing Pinays are freshmen at top-ranked private high schools and highly regarded Catholic high schools in New Jersey continuing to represent well the FilAm community in all their endeavors. This quintet graduated from […]
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Yazmin Wilkinson: A girl with a happy heart
By Vicky Vitug Five-year-old Yazmin Wilkinson, a beautiful Filipino-Belgian girl was named a top model at Belgium Kids Academy. At age 1, she was learning alphabet and numbers from her Filipino mother Diana. The girl who speaks three languages — Dutch, English and Filipino — is now learning to speak French, too. Yazmin hasn’t always been this lively and confident girl. […]